Slightly Psychedelic offers sugary pop with a dark twist on its new single, “When Shadows Fall.” It’s spooky without being over the top
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Greg Best offers ‘new sacred space’ from trauma on ‘Damage’ EP
Rochester musician Greg Best’s new EP chronicles his journey to mental wellness in the face of emotional trauma with honesty, intensity, and a dark pop-metal soundtrack.
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Album review: ‘Old Fame’
Old Fame ‘Old Fame’ Self-released oldfame.bandcamp.com Has a Rochester band ever come up with a better post-rock opener than “No Pain”? For the first two minutes, the first track from Old Fame’s self-titled debut EP launches guitar, bass and drums into a trance-like, mid-tempo stride. Then, in the final two minutes, the song pushes to […]
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Album review: ‘None of the Above’
Sharon Coates ‘None of the Above’ Self-released sharoncoatesmusic.com There’s a bit of a dichotomy going on with Sharon Coates’ new and third CD. To reference Monk, it’s full of ugly beauty. Coates has a beautiful, almost sorrowful voice, which when paired with her backing band’s rugged support, is evenmore soft and lonely. This is especially […]
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Album review: ‘Something Worth Destroying’
Apologist “Something Worth Destroying” Self-released apologist.bandcamp.com With the concept of listening and sharing music bound for the digital realm exclusively, I find that I don’t have piles and piles of CDs on my desk anymore. I have more room for my Lemmy statue to waltz by my computer. So on slow weeks, I end up […]
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Better By Morning
An endorsement from Roy Stein, I’m telling you, it ain’t no hype. The always black-clad Stein has his fingers on rock music’s loud and proud pulse and in a lot of pies as a drummer, producer, engineer, teacher, sensei, consigliore, etc. So when Stein pulls on your coat about Better By Morning, a band he […]
